After Effects Apprentice, 2nd Edition

Parenting and Nesting

Grouping layers to make them easier to coordinate

In This Lesson

parenting, nesting, and expressions defined

assigning a parent

parenting, opacity, and effects

parenting with null objects

using guides

nesting comps

editing precomps

navigating composition hierarchies

nesting a common source

sizing precomps

locking panels

precomposing a group of layers

precomposing a single layer

render order explained

splitting work between comps

using precomposing to re-order

continuously rasterized layers

Getting Started

Copy the Lesson 06-Parent and Nest folder from this book’s disc onto your hard drive, and make note of where it is; it contains the project files and sources you need for this lesson.

Rather than use a single project ...